Wim Eijk
Willem Jacobus Eijk | |
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Cardinal Eijk in 2020. | |
| Church | Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Utrecht |
| See | Utrecht |
| Appointed | 11 December 2007 |
| Installed | 26 January 2008 |
| Predecessor | Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
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| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden |
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| Ordination | 1 June 1985 by Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen |
| Consecration | 6 November 1999 by Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
| Created cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Willem Jacobus Eijk 22 June 1953 Duivendrecht, Netherlands |
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| Motto | Noli Recusare Laborem (Do Not Reject the Work) |
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| Styles of Wim Eijk | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his clerical career he worked as a medical doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies. He has done his doctoral studies in medicine and philosophy, and also holds a licentiate in theology.